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Virginia History Series: Early History of Thoroughbred Horses in Virginia [Pdf]
The landed gentry of Virginia took pride in their horses and enjoyed horse racing. Enjoy these beautiful pictures of famous horses in Virginia and their equally famous owners.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Horse Racing
Two jockeys can be seen riding their horses beyond the railings as they try to win a horse racing event.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Horse Race
The horse-race. - Smith, 1882
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Top Ten Race Horses of the 20th Century
A brief article on the accomplishments of Man o' War as the 1920 Horse of the Year.
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Web Gallery of Art: Riderless Horse Races
An image of "Riderless Horse Races", created by Theodore Gericault in 1817 (Oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Horse Race
An image of "The Horse Race", created by Theodore Gericault from 1816-17 (Oil on paper attached to canvas, 44 x 59 cm).
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: On Time: Mechanizing Time
As the tempo of life accelerated and speed became a virtue, a horse-racing craze swept the nation. At the track, stopwatches made it possible to post winning times in quarter-seconds! In 1855, Lexington, the country's most famous horse,...
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Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Trotter
Labeled diagram of the equipment used by a trotter horse and its jockey.
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Web Gallery of Art: A Saddled Race Horse Tied to a Fence
An image of "A Saddled Race Horse Tied to a Fence", created by Horace Vernet in 1828 (Oil on canvas, 82 x 101 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Race Horses
An image of "Race Horses", created by Edgar Degas, c. 1873 (Pastel, 58 x 65 cm).
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Historic Track
Oldest continuously operated horse racing facility in U.S.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lampadephoria
Lampadedromia, torch-race, and often simply, Lampas, was a game common throughout Greece. At Athens we know of five celebrations of this game: one to Prometheus at the Prometheia, a second to Minerva at the Panametheia, a third to Vulcan...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Circus Maximus
Chariot-racing was a favorite amusement, and the great circuses were arranged especially for such contests. The space was broad enough to accommodate three of four chariots side by side, each with four horses abreast.-Ridpath, 1885
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pierre Lorillard
Manufacturer of American tobacco and owner of a thoroughbred race horse.